This is the new guy in the garden. It's called a "Green Lynx Spider". I hate it when a new spider shows up and I have to google it to see what it eats and how we should deal with it, because it's page after page of spider pics -- mostly closeups of the eyes and mouth parts -- looking like some horror movie. GAAAAAAA!!!!
This one does not make webs or bite humans. According to this page, "it often lies in wait for insects in the blooms or on the pads of prickly pear, for which its bright green color offers ideal camouflage. It pounces on its prey in a cat-like manner, which is the reason for the name 'lynx.' "
Unfortunately, (MrB, take note) it loves to eat moths, butterflies and bees. We'd rather keep those guys around, but we sure could use some mosquito-eaters.
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A bee-eating spider? that's a brave little guy - only it must be not so little to have that kind of diet.
From some of the [shudder] pics I've seen, these guys will eat something the same size as themselves, which was a couple of inches across with legs.
But they don't eat people, right? Or cats?
I love your spider posts. Seems like there have been a lot of large spiders turning up around here too. Usually, however, I don't take enough time to look at them closely enough to know what it is I'm Google-ing. Mostly I'm so relieved that they've gone elsewhere that the shock kills my curiosity...
I almost had one more. In the hallway at work there was what I think was either a Hobo or a Grass Spider. Their bites are not as dangerous as a brown recluse, but they still advise you to get yourself to the hospital ASAP. I sent out an "allstaff" email, and some kind soul rescued it and put it outside. He said it didn't look like a dangerous spider to him... but it forced to me to yet MORE spider pic googling!!! HELP!!
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